Daily Archives: January 17, 2015

Je Suis Ida

Posted on January 17, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

Originally posted on Bob on Books:
“Ida M Tarbell crop” by On recto: J.E. Purdy & Co. Copyright by J.E. Purdy, Boston. – Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ida_M_Tarbell_crop.jpg There has been a lot of media attention…

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Islamic Science

Posted on January 17, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

Originally posted on And the Words became Books:
Tarik M. Quadir. Traditional Islamic Environmentalism: The Vision of Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Lanham: University of America Press, 2013. Is it God’s fault that we are destroying the earth? In a famous lecture from 1966 Lynn…

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Book Write-Up: Fierce Convictions, by Karen Swallow Prior

Posted on January 17, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

Karen Swallow Prior.  Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—-Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist.  Nashville: Nelson Books (An Imprint of Thomas Nelson), 2014. Hannah More was a writer and an activist in eighteenth-early nineteenth century England.  She wrote plays, poems, and … Continue reading →

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II Chronicles 16

Posted on January 17, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

In II Chronicles 16, King Baasha of Northern Israel builds Ramah as a way to block people from going out from or coming into Judah, where King Asa reigns.  Somehow, however, Asa manages to get a message to King Ben-Hadad … Continue reading →

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